Some additional information from the person who took the daylight photos and was at the washout accident shortly after it occurred.

“It happened around 9:30 PM during heavy rain fall. Railroad bed washed out. Both locomotives were still running with gallons of diesel flowing like a river. ‘We’ had to carry the conductor from train due to his injuries. All during intense rain.”

He went on to say, “It was almost spooky seeing something like that out of its normal element.”

Elk's Bridge in Three Rivers is only a foot out of the water in the park. 9 gates opened at the Wood St. dam, Huddleston is having a wet 2x4 sale as their yards are underwater. Assuming with all the rivers, creeks and streams Elk crosses enroute to Elkhart there will be track patrols out. Crest is Saturday and is predicted to be 2nd highest flood since records were kept. Burlington and Buchanan dam operators are not working as they fear those two could give out.